Finger-ring.



J. SCHMIDT.

FINGER RING.

APPLICATION FILED 00130, 1913.

I 1,129,738. Patented Feb.23, 1915.

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FINGER-RING.

Application filed October 30, 1913.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN SCHMIDT, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, county and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Finger-Ring, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to improvements in rings, and has for an object to provide a finger ring with the body of one metal and a setting of another metal.

A further object of the invention is to provide a finger ring with an improved form of seat of the Belcher style, and a setting secured to the seat, whereby the body of the ring may be of one metal and the setting of another, or of the same metal.

In carrying out the object of the invention the body of the ring is formed from a bar by stamping, and in the stamping operation the seat for the setting is formed. This seat is formed preferably so as to produce what is known as a Belcher ring or Belcher ring setting. The seat is formed integral with the remaining part of the ring and is arranged with scallops for properly interlocking with the setting when the setting is placed in position, and with a bottom portion which later is bored out so that there will be no material immediately beneath the stone arranged in the setting. The setting may be formed in any desired manner, and is placed upon the seat and soldered thereto so as to appear as if it were formed integral therewith. By thus providing a seat and a co-acting setting it is possible to make a Belcher ring setting with the setting of one material, as for instance platinum, and the ring of another material, as for instance gold.

In the accompanying drawingFigure 1 shows a ring embodying the invention; Fig. 2 discloses a bar from which the body of the ring is stamped; Fig. 3 is a side view of the ring immediately after stamping; Fig. 4 is a top plan View of the structure shown in Fig. 3; Fig. 5 is a longitudinal vertical section through the structure shown in Fig. 1; Fig. 6 is a side view of the setting; Fig. 7 is a bottom plan view of the setting shown in Fig. 6.

Referring to the accompanying drawing by numeral 1 indicates a. bar from which the body 2 of the ring is to be formed. The bar 2 may be round or of any desired shape.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 23, 1915.

Serial No. 798,206.

After the die has acted upon bar 1 the ring 2 appears as shown in Figs. 3 and 4:. It will be observed that the body 2 is roughly shaped, and that the seat 3 is properly formed for receiving a setting I (Fig. 6). The seat 3 is provided with scallops 5 for receiving the scalloped portions 6 of setting 4. The setting 4 is provided with a central opening 7 which comes opposite the central portion 8 of seat 3. After the setting 4 has been placed upon seat 3 and soldered into place the central portion 8 is removed by boring so as to produce an opening 9 as shown in Fig. 5. From this it will be observed that on looking down directly from the top of the setting none of the material in body 2 will be observed within the radius of the setting, but only the material in the setting 4. It is designed to use any kind of material in setting 4, but preferably a platinum setting, while gold is used in forming the body 2. By this construction and arrangement the various reflecting surfaces in the setting 4 will act properly for refleeting the stone in the setting, and will give a clear effect to the stone. It will be noted that all of the yellow effect produced by reflection from the gold is eliminated, and consequently the stone appears to be much larger than it actually is.

In forming the ring it will be noted that the body including the seat 3 is formed from one piece, and is stamped out ready to receive the setting. I-Ieretofore when forming rings with a Belcher setting it has been necessary to either cut the same out manually or to cast the same, the setting being cast integral with the body. By reason of these limitations it has been found impossible to provide a ring with a Belcher setting and utilize platinum in the construction thereof. However, in applicants construction and arrangement the ring body may be formed of gold and the setting formed of platinum so as to give the best possible reflecting surface.

What I claim is A ring comprising a body provided with a concave seat, centrally apertured and having a scalloped face, said scallops inclining inwardly and downwardly and tapering from the outer edge of the seat to the central opening thereof, and an apertured gem receiving setting having a convex bottom provided with scallops corresponding to the scallops of the seat, the setting being secured in the seat With its aperture regis- In testimony whereof I have signed my tering With the opening of the seat and its name to this specification in the presence of 10 scallops fitting in the scallops of the said two subscribing Witnesses.

seat, the adjacent portions of the body and JOHN SCHMIDT setting merging into each other, whereby the body of the ring merges into the setting at Witnesses: different distances from the center of the BERNARD J. Foss, ring. JEANETTE H. LIBERMAN.

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Washington, I). 0. 

